Brendan Pearson

Brendan Pearson has been chief executive of the Minerals Council of Australia since January 2014, having served as deputy chief executive of the MCA from 2007-2012.Prior to re-joining the MCA, Brendan was vice-president of Government Relations and Corporate Affairs at Peabody Energy from February 2012 to December 2013.Brendan served as a senior officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was a senior writer for the Australian Financial Review. Before that he served as Counsellor (Trade Policy) at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.